Bridle.



v PATBNTED MAR. 20, 1906. M. JHALLIBURTON.

' BRIDLE. APPLIOATIONIILBD Nov. 17, 1904'4 S Il |11 Il IA @HIS v UNITED.suine APArnirr OFFICE.

- ,MA/RUN J. HALLIBURTON, or 'PORTAGEVILLn MISSOURI, AssioNoR OFONE-HALF 'lO HENRY G. ILLIGWOF PORT AGEVILLE, MISSOURI.

- BBIDLE.

Application fue@ November' 17'. 1904. serial INU. 233,139.

Specication of Letters Patent.

lratentai March 2o, moc.v

TON, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Portageville, in thecounty of New Madrid and State of Missouri, haveinven'ted a new anduseful Bridle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to `improvements in bridles.

The object of the present invention is to improve theconstruction oflbridles and to providea simple and comparatively inexpensive one ofgreat strength and durability adapted to be used in the same manner asan ordinary bridle and capable of being readily changed for effectivelyhitchin g or leading an animal and for controlling vicious and stubbornanimals.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size', and minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to withoutdeparting from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawings, yFigure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged lon itudinalsectional view of one side of the bri le, illustrating the constructionfor shortening the sides of the headstall. Fig. 8 is a lon itudinalsectionalA view taken 'at right ang es to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa detailsectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the guide-pulleys.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- ]n s.

designates the headstall, consisting of a strap or piece 2 and providedwith depending side straps or pieces 3, which have their terminals 4secured together to form'elongated loops. The side straps or pieces areadjustably connected with the ends of the strap or crown-piece v2 bymeans of buckles 5, ar-

- ranged as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

by the side straps or pieces 2, are inked intov The lower ends of theloo s, formed rings 6 of a bit 7. The bridle, which may be ornamented inany desired manner, is provided with a brow-band 8 and a throat-latch 9of the ordinary construction. The ends of the brow-band are secured tothe headstall and are extended rearwardly therefrom to form projectingloops 10, and the headstall is also provided at the top with a centralloop 1 1. The throat-latch is arranged in the loops 10 and 11.

The headstall is provided on `its exterior with guides 12 and 13,arranged on the strap or piece 2 and on the side straps or ieces 3 andreceiving cords 14, which extend ongitudinally of the side portions ofthe headstall from the bit to the topof the headstall. The upper guides12 receive the overlapped upper ends of thecords 1.4 and they arepreferably formed by an extension of the loop 11. v The guides 13consist oi suitable pieces of leather or other suitable material securedto the outer sides of the loops formed. bythe straps 8. The guides,however, may be constructed of any other suitable material. The lowerends of the cords 14 are provided with rings .15, and their upper ends,which are overlapped and extended beyond the lcenter'of the top of theheadstall, are adapted to be looped, as shown in Fig. 1. The loops 16.,which may be formed by coiling or oth erwise looping the cords, areadapted to be laced over the ears of an animal when it is. esired tohitch or` lead the same. `The driving reins or lines 18 are then changedfrom thel bitrings to the rings 15. Should thel animal draw back, ytheloops will be contracted and will pinch the ears and counteract anytendency of the animal to resist leading or hitching. When the loops 16are not in use, the cords are straightened or lengthened.

The reins 18 are provided with snap-hooks 19to enable them to bereadilychanged from the bit-rings to the rings 15 or to rings 2O ofcords 21. The cords 21, which are adapted to shorten the side portionsof the headstall for raising the bit in the mouth of IOO to receive thecords, and the U-shaped casings are connected at the terminals of theirsides by pins or rivets 26 and 27. One end of each. cord is secured tothe lower rivet or pin 27, and the cord extends upwardly from such rivetor pin 27 to the upper pulley and then downwardly to the lower pulley,beneath which it passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thelower end of the cord is provided with the ring 20. The reins 18 may beconnected with the rings 20 either for driving, hitching, or leading,and when the reins are pulled upon the bit is drawn upward with greatforce, and by these means stubborn and vicious animals may be easilycontrolled. The rings 20 extend rearwardly from the sides of theheadstall and they are located adjacent to the bit-rings and to therings 15 of the exterior cords. By this arrangement the reins may bereadily connected with either of the cords or the bit.

The bridle is adapted to be used as an ordinary bridle, or the reins maybe connected with either set of cords' for driving, leading, orhitching. The cords which shorten the side pieces of the headstall arearranged within the loops of the side straps or pieces 3 and areprotected by the same. The exterior flexible connections 14, which areprovided with upper ear-engaging portions and lower reins-receivingportions, afford means for enabling the pressure to be transferred fromthe mouth of an animal to its ears, and they enable an animal to besecurely hitched and easily led.

Although the flexible connections 14 and 21 are described as cords, yetit will be readily understood that they may be constructed of anysuitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a bridle, and reins detachably connected withthe bit of the bridle, of bitching and leading cords operableindependently of the bit and loosely mounted on the sides of the bridle,said hitching and leading cords being provided at the top Aof the bridlewith ear-engaging portions and having lower portions arranged to beconnected with the lines when the latter are detached from the bit ofthe bridle.

2. The combination with a bridle provided at opposite sides with guides,and reins detachably connected with the bit of the bridle, of anindependent hitching and leading device consisting of flexibleconnections arranged in the said guides and movable independently of thesides of the bridle, the upper portions of the exible connections beingarranged to be looped around the ears of an animal, and the lowerportions of the fiexible connections being arranged to be engaged by thereins when the latter are detached from the bit of the bridle.

3. The combination with a bridle provided at opposite sides with guides,and reins detachably connected with the bit of the bridle, ofindependently-operable bitching and leading cords arranged in the guidesof the bridle and movable on the same independently of the sidesthereof, said cords being provided at their lower ends with ringslocated adjacent to the bit of the bridle and adapted to be connectedwith the reins, whereby the pressure is transferred from the mouth of ananimal to its ears.

4. The combination of a bridle provided at opposite sides with flexibleloops, upper and lower casings arranged within the loops and providedwith guide-pulleys, said casings being extended beyond the pulleys andsecured to the loops, cords arranged on the pulleys and secured at oneend to the extended portions of the adjacent casings, and attachingmeans arranged at the other end of the cords.

5. The combination of a headstall, a central loop projecting from thetop of the headstall and extended to form a pair of guides, a brow-bandsecured to the headstall and extended at opposite sides to form loops, athroat-latch arranged in the said loops, guides mounted on the lowerportions of the headstall, and cords arranged in the said guides andadapted to be looped around the ears of an animal.

6. The combination of a headstall, side straps spaced apart andconnected in the form of elongated loops and provided at the top withbuckles securing the side straps to the headstall, a bit having ringslinked into the lower ends of the loops and adapted to receive thedriving-reins, upper and lower pulleys mounted in the loops, and cords,each connected at one end to the lower portion of its loop and extendingto and over the top pulley and passing downward under the lower pulleyand provided with a ring located at the back of the loop and adapted toreceive the driving-reins.

VIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN J. HALLIBURTON.

Witnesses z S. J.` SMALLEY, L. SEGAL.

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